Our eyes were not deceiving us - great results already!

What a great week we have had. Noah had an appointment with Alistair the Chiropractor at the start of the week. He wiggled a lot, whilst Alistair was trying to work on him. As every week passes, Noah gets stronger and stronger and it is quite a challenge to keep him lying in a good position!
 

Wriggling aside, Alistair advised that overall Noah is much more balanced in his head, neck and back. Alistair also does some work inside Noah's mouth, feeling the roof of it (where all the skull plates come together). Again, he said that things are starting to feel good in there too. Thankfully this time, Noah didn't nip him whilst he was doing that part of the treatment!! It was great to hear that he thought things were improving as we had been thinking this too. His head no longer tilts to the side and he sits much more upright when in his high chair at mealtimes.

Then yesterday, Noah and I travelled down to Bristol for his first helmet check up with Rachel. When we arrived, we took his helmet off and Rachel put a stocking style hat on his head, flattening down his hair so she had a clear view when measuring it.

His head has grown well in the two weeks since we collected his LOCband, and although he has only been wearing it for 10 days full time, already Rachel was able to confirm that things are improving.

His asymmetry (comparing the diagonal measurements) has gone down from 15mm to 13mm. We have been advised that 3mm difference is average, and that they should be able to get Noah down to 6mm, maybe even lower. So that was great news. For us, the lop-sided-ness (at the back of his head) is the most noticeable of the two types of flat head syndrome he has.

She also measured his head front to back and then side to side. Noah was 94% at his original consultation (this is the cephalic ratio/Brachycephaly). 70-86% is 'normal', Noah is now down to 92%!

So all in all fantastic results. We are thrilled that already we can see the helmet and chiropractic work are changing his head shape – we weren't imagining it! It fills us with confidence that soon Noah's head will return to it's natural shape. As I mentioned in my previous post, life has settled into a routine now (with his helmet) and already time is flying – it really shouldn't be long before he is helmet free again :)



Bath times are cherished :)